Methods for asset health management and systems thereof

• US 20060282362A1
• Filed: 05/19/2006
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: the united states of america as represented by the secretary of the navy
• Original Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
• Inventors: Thurston, Michael, Nasr, Nabil
• Granted Patent: US 7,925,472 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

A method, computer readable medium, and system for optimizing utilization of one or more assets includes obtaining at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets. At least one of historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets is retrieved. One or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets is conducted based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data. One or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets is conducted based on the at least one of the obtained operational data and condition data and on the retrieved at least one of the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data. One or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset are determined based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics and the determined one or more optimization instructions are displayed.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the method comprising:

obtaining at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets;

retrieving specification data and at least one of historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets;

conducting one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data and the retrieved specification data;

conducting one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the at least one of the obtained operational data and condition data and on the retrieved specification data and the at least one of the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data;

determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics; and

displaying the determined one or more optimization instructions.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the operational data comprises data on the performance of the one or more elements.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the operational data comprises data on a status of one or more consumables in the at least one asset.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the condition data comprises data on at least one of status of degradation and fault detection in the one or more elements in the at least one asset.

5. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining the operational data and the condition data and wherein the conducting one or more diagnostics and the conducting one or more prognostics is further based on the obtained operational and condition data.

6. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the retrieving further comprises retrieving the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data and wherein the conducting one or more prognostics is further based on the retrieved historical maintenance and life-cycle data.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising recording and storing additional historical maintenance data and additional life cycle data for the one or more of the elements of the at least one of the assets with the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data.

8. The method as set forth in claim 7 wherein the recording and storing further comprises recording and storing additional historical maintenance data and additional life cycle data for the one or more of the elements of two or more of the assets with the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data.

9. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising:

testing one or more elements which are substantially the same as the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets being optimized to obtain the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; and

storing the obtained historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements.

10. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprises obtaining allocation data about two or more of the assets, wherein the determining the one or more optimization instructions is further based on the obtained allocation data.

11. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising implementing one or more of the optimization instructions on the at least one asset.

12. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising obtaining data on one or more upgrades for one or more of the elements of the at least one asset, wherein the determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset is further based on the obtained data on the one or more upgrades.

13. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising obtaining cost data for replacing one or more of the elements of the at least one asset, wherein the determining the one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset is further based on the obtained cost data.

14. The method as set forth in claim 13 further comprising obtaining data on one or more upgrades for one or more of the elements of the at least one asset, wherein the determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset is further based on the obtained data on the one or more upgrades.

15. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for optimizing utilization of one or more assets comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:

obtaining at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets;

retrieving specification data and at least one of historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets;

conducting one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data and the retrieved specification data;

conducting one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the at least one of the obtained operational data and condition data and the retrieved the specification data and the at least one of the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data;

determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics; and

displaying the determined one or more optimization instructions.

16. The medium as set forth in claim 15 wherein the operational data comprises data on the performance of the one or more elements.

17. The medium as set forth in claim 15 wherein the operational data comprises data on a status of one or more consumables in the at least one asset.

18. The medium as set forth in claim 15 wherein the condition data comprises data on at least one of status of degradation and fault detection in the one or more elements in the at least one asset.

19. The medium as set forth in claim 15 wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining the operational data and the condition data and wherein the conducting one or more diagnostics and the conducting one or more prognostics is further based on the obtained operational and condition data.

20. The medium as set forth in claim 15 wherein the retrieving further comprises retrieving the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data and wherein the conducting one or more prognostics is further based on the retrieved historical maintenance and life-cycle data.

21. The medium as set forth in claim 15 further comprising recording and storing additional historical maintenance data and additional life cycle data for the one or more of the elements of the at least one of the assets with the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data.

22. The medium as set forth in claim 21 wherein the recording and storing further comprises recording and storing additional historical maintenance data and additional life cycle data for the one or more of the elements of two or more of the assets with the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data.

23. The medium as set forth in claim 15 further comprising:

testing one or more elements which are substantially the same as the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets being optimized to obtain the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; and

storing the obtained historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements.

24. The medium as set forth in claim 15 further comprises obtaining allocation data about two or more of the assets, wherein the determining the one or more optimization instructions is further based on the obtained allocation data.

25. The medium as set forth in claim 15 further comprising implementing one or more of the optimization instructions on the at least one asset.

26. The medium as set forth in claim 15 further comprising obtaining data on one or more upgrades for one or more of the elements of the at least one asset, wherein the determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset is further based on the obtained data on the one or more upgrades.

27. The medium as set forth in claim 15 further comprising obtaining cost data for replacing one or more of the elements of the at least one asset, wherein the determining the one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset is further based on the obtained cost data.

28. The medium as set forth in claim 27 further comprising obtaining data on one or more upgrades for one or more of the elements of the at least one asset, wherein the determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset is further based on the obtained data on the one or more upgrades.

29. A system for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the system comprising:

one or more sensor systems that obtain at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets;

one or more databases that store specification data and at least one of historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets;

at least one diagnostic processing system that conducts one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data and the retrieved specification data;

at least one prognostic processing system that conducts one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the at least one of the obtained operational data and condition data and on the retrieved specification data and the at least one of the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data;

an optimization processing system that determines one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics from the at least one diagnostic processing system and the at least one prognostic processing system; and

a display system that displays the determined one or more optimization instructions.

30. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein the one or more sensor systems obtain the operational data which comprises data on the performance of the one or more elements.

31. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein the one or more sensor systems obtain the operational data which comprises data on a status of one or more consumables in the at least one asset.

32. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein the one or more sensor systems obtain the condition data which comprises data on at least one of status of degradation and fault detection in the one or more elements in the at least one asset.

33. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein the one or more sensor systems obtain the operational data and the condition data and wherein the at least one diagnostic processing system conducts the one or more diagnostics and the at least one prognostic processing system conducts one or more prognostics further based on the obtained operational and condition data.

34. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein the one or more databases comprise the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data and wherein the at least one prognostic processing system conducts one or more prognostics further based on the historical maintenance and life-cycle data.

35. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein the optimization processing system records and stores additional historical maintenance data and additional life cycle data for the one or more of the elements of the at least one of the assets in the one or more databases with the historical maintenance data and the life cycle data.

36. The system as set forth in claim 35 wherein the optimization processing system records and stores additional historical maintenance data and additional life cycle data for the one or more of the elements of two or more of the assets in the one or more databases with the historical maintenance data and the life cycle data.

37. The system as set forth in claim 29 further comprising at least one testing system that test one or more elements which are substantially the same as the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets being optimized to obtain the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets, wherein the obtained historical maintenance and the life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets are stored in the one or more databases.

38. The system as set forth in claim 29 further comprises a monitoring system that obtains allocation data about two or more of the assets, wherein the optimization processing system determines the one or more optimization instructions further based on the obtained allocation data.

39. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein the optimization processing system initiates an implementation of one or more of the optimization instructions on the at least one asset.

40. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein the optimization processing system determines the one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset further based on obtained data on one or more upgrades for one or more of the elements of the at least one asset.

41. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein the optimization processing system determines the one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset further based on obtained cost data for replacing one or more of the elements of the at least one asset.

42. The system as set forth in claim 41 wherein the optimization processing system determines the one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset further based on obtained data on one or more upgrades for one or more of the elements of the at least one asset.

43. A method for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the method comprising:

obtaining at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets;

retrieving specification data and at least one of historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets;

conducting at least one of one or more diagnostics and one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on one or more of the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data and the retrieved specification data, historical maintenance data, and life-cycle data; and

determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on at least one of the conducted diagnostics and prognostics; and

displaying the determined one or more optimization instructions.

44. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for optimizing utilization of one or more assets comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:

obtaining at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets;

retrieving specification data and at least one of historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets;

conducting at least one of one or more diagnostics and one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on one or more of the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data and the retrieved specification data, historical maintenance data, and life-cycle data; and

determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on at least one of the conducted diagnostics and prognostics; and

displaying the determined one or more optimization instructions.

45. A system for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the system comprising:

one or more sensor systems that obtain at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets;

one or more databases that store specification data and at least one of historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets;

at least one of one or more diagnostic processing systems that conduct one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data and the retrieved specification data and one or more prognostic processing systems that conduct one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the at least one of the obtained operational data and condition data and on the retrieved specification data and the at least one of the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data;

an optimization processing system that determines one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on at least one of the conducted diagnostics and prognostics from the at least one of the one or more diagnostic processing systems and the one or more prognostic processing systems; and

a display system that displays the determined one or more optimization instructions.